Celebrities That Are Helping the Community

Willie Hugh Nelson was born on April 30th of 1933 in Abbott, Texas. He has become one of the most famous celebrities helping the community. He has also helped raise awareness for many charities. His most notable cause has been Farm Aid. Willie is definitely one of those celebrities who care about the American people. Farm Aid is a yearly concert put on to help raise money for the American farmer and their families. Willie Nelson sits on the board of directors for Farm Aid. Farm Aid has now become an organization that works at helping increase awareness for the importance of the family farm.

Thomas Jeffery Hanks was born on Jul 9th of 1956 in Concord, California. Tom is another one of those celebrities helping the community. And as we all know he is definitely one of those celebrities who care and are sincere about it. Tom also is helping raise awareness for Love Our Children USA. The overall mission of this program is to break the cycle of violence that is seen with children today. They have also helped the children who were victims of Hurricane Katrina. Not only has he donated some of his own money and time he has also helped raise money for this great organization.

Alan Alda was born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo on January 28th of 1936 in the Bronx, New York. He is known as one of the celebrities helping the community. He has also been shown to be one of those special celebrities who care about the community especially children. He is most known for helping raise the awareness for Mentoring USA. Mentoring USA's main goal is to correct the tremendous amount of school drop outs which are caused by such social issues as: violence at the stadium, drugs, bullying, and even microcriminality. It was formed in 1998 by Matilda Cuomo, who is its Honorary President. She is the wife of Mario Cuomo who is the former Governor of the State of New York.

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